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(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, appeared in court in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, pleading not guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Holloway's mom, Beth Holloway, looked on as van der Sloot, who is…

(NEW YORK) -- More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Multiple reports…

(NEW YORK) -- At least nine people were killed by the devastating flooding caused by destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine and nine were injured during the shelling the Russians did during the evacuation, local authorities said. Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the average…

(PARIS) -- Eight people, including children, were injured in a stabbing in the French Alps on Thursday morning, local authorities said. The attack took place at about 9:45 a.m. local time, in Annecy's city center, a spokesperson for the local prefecture told ABC News. The suspect, a 31-year-old Syrian, was…

(LONDON) -- An increasing number of family and friends of Belarusian political prisoners say they are unable to contact their loved ones. There are hundreds of political prisoners in Belarus, many of whom were arrested in the aftermath of the disputed 2020 presidential election, when protests and dissent were violently…

(NEW YORK) -- The FBI agents who will be escorting Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, back to the United States have arrived in Peru, sources told ABC News. Upon arrival in the U.S., van der Sloot will face…

(ROME) -- Pope Francis' night "passed well" after he underwent intestinal surgery on Wednesday, Vatican officials said Thursday morning. The Holy See Press Office had said Wednesday evening local time that the surgery was over and that "it took place without complications and lasted three hours." The pope then "spent…

(KHERSON, Ukraine) -- The collapse of Ukraine's Kakhovka dam has left behind vast quantities of beached fish, contributing to fears of an environmental disaster along the country's Dnipro River. Video verified by ABC News showed large quantities of beached fish lying on the depleted shoreline of the Dnipro River. In a…

(NEW YORK) -- The detentions of U.S. citizens, like reporter Evan Gershkovich, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan by Russia, has kept tensions between the U.S. and Russia high as the war in Ukraine rages on. Wall Street Journal national security reporter Brett Forrest has taken a look at another case,…

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Biden administration to take action after a conservative group sued to reveal government records about Prince Harry's immigration to the U.S. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols urged the government to decide how it will respond to a Freedom of Information Act…